Clothes-line fixture.



WITNESSES: INVENTOR I J 'MM W. WOLF.

, CLOTHES LINE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1. 1915.

Patented Mar. '21, 1916.

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CLOTHES-LINE FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, rare.

Application filed December 1, 1915. Serial No. 64,431.

To all tvkom it may concern! i I Be it known that I, WHITE Wow, :1 c1t1-zen of the United States, residing at Menlo Park, in the county ofSan'Mateo and State of California,have invented new and usefulImprovements in Clothes-Line Fixtures, of which the following is aspecification,

My invention-relates to fixtures for suping said fixtures with relationto the points between which the clothes-line is to run.

It consists in a pair of endless line-carrying fixtures and theiradjustments and a supplemental tension wire with a traveler movablethereon and a hanger depending from the tension wire and adapted toengage the supporting portion of the clothesline.

It also comprises details of construction which will be more fullyexplained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- 1 Figure1-is aside elevation. Fig. 2 is a detailed perspective of the hooksuspended from the traveler, and Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modifiedform of hook for the traveler. s r v For the purpose ofextendingclothes-lines between distant points, and particularly inpositions which are inaccessible from the ground, it is customary toextend said lines to be covered; these pulleys allowing over pulleyslocated at each end of the space the line to be moved so as to attachthe clothing and afterward to move the line until the whole length hasbeen filled.

My invention is designed as an improvement in this class of apparatus.

As shown in the drawings, A.A are castings 0r brackets having rightangled extensions B at either end.

2 is a casting which is secured to thefixture Aby' means of a bolt 3which asses through lugs 4 on the last mentions casting and through theextensions B of the fix- 'ture A. This casting 2 has. horizontally.

- journaled in it a main pulley5. and an idler pulley 6. The mainpulley5 receives two or more coils of a line around the small idlerpulley 6 and leads out to the distant point of attachment. At

. this point is the second fixture A, and at- I tached to it are the'Iugs-S of a casting 9.

These lugs 8 fit between the extensions B of which thence passes thefixture A and are swiveled thereto by means of a bolt10 which extendsthrough both the upper and lower ends.

Pulleys 11 are journaled at the top and bottom of the casting 9 andsubstantially register in line with the pulleys 5 and 6 so that the line7 passes around these pulleys and the first named ones and may thus becaused to move back and forth, so that the hue may traverse from oneside to the other of the space. The casting 9 is swiveled to turn freelyand the fixture or casting 2 has a set-screw, as at 12, passing throughone of the lugs 4 and binding against the'pin 3 so that when the line isto extend diagonally between points, this fixture may be secured so thatthe line will extend from it to the distant fixture 9. This fixture 9 isloosely swiveled so that it may take the direction of the line. Thefixture 2 is first adjusted in the same direction and is then secured bythe set-screw 12.

13 is a crank which may be applied to the end of the shaft of thewinding pulley 5, and by turning; it, the line may be caused to travelin either direction at will. When these lines are long they are apt tosag, and if heavygoods are applied to them it will be necessary tosupport them in some way intermediate the endsto prevent this sagit inposition. A strong wire 18 has one end fixed to the shaft 16 and theother extends outward and is passed around a hook or support 15. Onturning the shaft, as by a hendle' (not shown), the-tension on the wire18 may be adjusted to any desired degree. One

end of the line 7 is fastened to a'casting 19 which'is provided'with aclamping bridge 19 over which the opposite end 'of the line passes.Above this bridge 19' is'pivoted a cam 20 having 'a handle 21 by whichit may be lifted out of engagement. When the hue has been passed aroundthe hook 15, with the outgoing part lying between the cam andthe camsupport 19, the cam 20 is forced down so as to strongly clamp thecasting to the line.

Upon wire 18 is a traveler 22 having pulleys which allow it to movefreely to any desired point. From this traveler a suspension member 23extends downwardly and has fixed to it a supporting device for the line7. This device may be either a simple hook, as at 24, or in the form oftongs 25, between the jaws 26 of which the line could be gripped; theobject in any case being to support the line and prevent it fromsagidlers journaled in line with the first named pulleys, around whichpulleys and idlers an endless rope is extended, the first named fixturehaving means by which it may be secured in the desired line of travel ofthe rope, and the second fixture being loosely swiveled and freelyturnable to take the same direction.

2. The combination in a clothes-line support, of fixtures at oppositeends of the space, said fixtures being swiveled and turnable to alinewith each other, and one of said fixtures having means for securing itrigidly in position, pulleys journaled at the top and bottom of saidfixtures, an endless line passing around said pulleys, one of whichserves as a motor to move the line.

3. A clothes-line support comprising abracket, a pivot bolt thereon,aframe having an apertured lug receiving the bolt for swinging thereon,means carried by the lug for securing the same fixed to the bolt, apulley journaled on the frame, a distant fixture,

and an endless line taking over the pulley and distant fixture.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WHITE WOLF. Witnesses:

J on H. HERRING, W. W. HEALEY.

